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China to enhance environmental protection legislation
China's top legislature will "respond positively" to the public concerns on environmental issues, a spokeswoman said at a press conference on Monday.
The National People's Congress (NPC) will revise and improve the Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Air Pollution and the Environmental Protection Law, said Fu Ying, spokeswoman for the first session of the 12th NPC, which kicks off on March 5.
Other measures include enhancing supervision and scrutiny of law enforcement, making environmental protection efforts and results part of the performance evaluations of local governments, and drawing up specific control measures on major pollutants and vehicle emissions, she said.
Fu admitted that China faces a grave environmental protection situation and there is room to improve laws in this regard.
For instance, environment-related laws mostly target the protection and management of individual resources, not an entire ecosystem, she said.
China adopted its first environmental law in 1979 and has enacted over 30 such laws to date.
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傅莹指出,中国已经制定了30多部和环境保护相关的法律,包括大气污染防治法、水污染防治法等,但是也有改进的余地,比如现在法律主要是从单向资源利用、从保护和管理的角度出发进行规范,距离从生态系统的角度进行规范还是有差距的。另外也存在着有法不依、执法不严等一些问题。
傅莹表示,新一届全国人大将加强环境保护的立法,包括修改和完善大气污染防治法和环境保护法等,并加强对法律实施的监督和检查,还要将环保成效和地方政府的考核挂钩、结合。此外,对主要污染物的总量控制、机动车污染防治等提出明确的应对措施,对跨行政区域污染加强联防联控,鼓励和引导企业防控污染。(新华网) |
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